Fake call centre busted in Gurugram

The Gurugram police have busted a fake call centre that was duping people on the pretext of selling “herbal medicines” for sexual health issues here.

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The police arrested 11 persons, including four women, from the centre. They also recovered two laptops, four mobile phones and stock of ‘fake’ herbal medicines from their possession.

Priyanshu Diwan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime) of Gurugram District, said the call centre was busted in Dundahera village.

The ACP said they raided the centre and arrested 11 persons identified as Amandeep, a resident of Mulund Colony, Malbar Hill Road, Mumbai, and presently residing in U Block, DLF Phase 3, Gurugram; Ranjeet Kumar, a resident of Mahipalpur, Delhi; Mohammad Qasim, a resident of Chhoti Kajra village, Katihar district, Bihar, and presently residing at Dundaheda village, Gurugram; Pratush Kumar Mishra, a resident of Naua village, Shravasti district, Uttar Pradesh; Sushil Kumar, a resident of Radholi village, Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh; Brijesh Sharma, a resident of Khasmau village, Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh; Anoop Kumar, a resident of Kutakpur village, Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh; Rashika Rana, a resident of Surya Vihar Kapashera, Delhi; Isha, a resident of Block-B, Qutub Vihar, Phase 2, Delhi; Sonali Kanojia and Megha, both residents of Delhi.

He said the police have registered a case under Sections 318, 319 and 612 of the BNS and Section 66-D of the IT Act against the suspects at the Cyber Crime (West) police station, Gurugram, and began investigations into the matter.

During interrogation, it came to light that Amandeep and Ranjit were running the call centre, while the remaining were working as employees.

The accused disclosed that they had created a Facebook page, “The Vedic Ayurvedic”, on behalf of Dr Rajiv Dixit and used to put advertisements in the name of selling herbal medicines for improving sexual health. When people contacted the numbers mentioned in the advertisements, they used to take orders from them, get the money deposited in different bank accounts and deliver fake herbal medicines.

The accused also used to commit fraud by making the customers deposit money through a QR code/UPI-ID in the name of GST charges, packing charges and courier charges, the ACP said, adding that the call centre was being run for the past about 10 months.

The employees were being given a salary of Rs 18,000 to Rs 20,000 per month and incentives for additional sales.

Further investigations were underway to identify other persons involved in this cyber fraud, the police official added.